[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55362-55363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25170]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[DA 17-1086]


Temporary Lift of Filing Freeze on Full Power and Class A Minor 
Modification Applications That Expand a Station's Contour

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document announces that the Media Bureau is temporarily 
lifting the freeze on filing minor modification applications that 
expand

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the contour of full power and Class A stations, from Tuesday, November 
28 through Thursday, December 7, 2017.

DATES: November 21, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Bernstein, 
[email protected], or Kevin Harding, [email protected], Video 
Division, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    On April 5, 2013, in light of the then forthcoming broadcast 
incentive auction, the Media Bureau issued its April 2013 Freeze Public 
Notice announcing that it would not accept for filing minor 
modification applications for changes to existing television service 
areas that would increase a full power television station's noise-
limited contour or a Class A station's protected contour beyond the 
area resulting from the station's authorized facilities as of that 
date, and would not process pending applications at variance with these 
limitations. Auction 1000, which was conducted pursuant to Title VI of 
the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, was completed 
on April 13, 2017, and stations that were assigned new channels in 
connection with the auction have had an opportunity to file for 
alternate channels and/or expanded facilities.
    The Media Bureau is temporarily lifting the limitations imposed by 
the April 2013 Freeze Public Notice for full power and Class A stations 
that were not assigned a new channel, beginning on Tuesday, November 
28, 2017. The freeze will be reimposed at 11:59 p.m. EST on Thursday, 
December 7, 2017. The Media Bureau will also process minor modification 
applications at variance with the freeze limitations that have been 
pending since April 5, 2013.
    Applications submitted during this time period will be processed on 
a first come/first served basis. Applications proposing to change a 
station's channel will not be accepted for filing.

Federal Communications Commission.

Barbara Kreisman,
Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2017-25170 Filed 11-20-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6712-01-P